Archive for November, 2007
Who will Steve pick?
So far as I can see Steve McClaren is on a hiding to nothing with his rumoured team selection for England’s all important Euro 2008 qualifier against Croatia tomorrow. Playing 4-5-1 is going to achieve absolutely nothing, whilst having a barely fit David Beckham in the side is laughable.
McClaren claims he wants big game [...]
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Tags: england, football, steve mcclaren
Priaulx Wins Again
Well done to Andy Priaulx for winning his third consecutive World Touring Car Championship. With this win, Priaulx remains the only man to have won the WTCC in its current form and extends his run of consecutive major series touring car championship wins to four.
Going into the final two races of the season in Macau, [...]
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Tags: andy priaulx, lewis hamilton, motor racing, world touring cars
52 Week CD Challenge – October
Back on track this month with another four offerings – two new, two old:
Week 41: Athlete – Beyond the Neighbourhood (Parlophone, 2007)
Athlete, a band who had minor success in 2003 with quirkly but ultimately rather rubbish debut ‘Vehicles and Animals’, only really came of age with 2005’s ballad laden ‘Tourist’.
Unfortunately with latest effort ‘Beyond the [...]
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Tags: album, athlete, bernard butler, ian brown, indie, shed seven
Israel 2 Russia 1
This result made one man especially happy
Israel 2 Russia 1. Surely the most astonishing football result of the year. Israel, with nothing to play for and their star player missing, have turned over a Russia side on the brink of qualification for next year’s European Championship.
In the history football, never can so many English have [...]
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Tags: england, football, russia, steve mcclaren
RaW’s Done Good
RaW, everyone’s favourite student radio station, had an excellent time at the 2007 Student Radio Awards last night. Not only did the RaW contingent fill more tables than any other station, but we also managed to pick up two gold awards – our best haul of top awards since 2003.
Our full awards listing for 2007:
Gold [...]
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Tags: radio, raw, student radio, warwick university
Afterburner Tour Diary – Part 4
The final part of my Afterburner tour diary. Parts 1, 2 and 3 can be found here, here and here:
So it was on to London for the final night of the tour, and I for one was really excited about playing in the capital. There’s just something about live music in London that makes the [...]
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Tags: afterburner, live music, london, pubs
